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Phonetics
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Marianne Jordan
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Phonetics Flashcards Contents
 How to use these flashcards
 List of all phonetic symbols and sample words
 Phonetic symbols ready to photocopy onto card
 Blank Template to add your own flashcards
 Contact details
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How to use these flashcards
Flashcards are a great way to learn and revise information.
Learners
1) Print your flashcards onto white card.
2) Copy the phonetic symbol from the front of the card to the back of the card.
3) Write an (English) word with this sound at the beginning of the word. (See the
next page for ideas.)
4) If you speak another language and have this sound in your language, write a
word from your language that has this sound in the beginning of the word (or
the middle or end). If the sound is not in your language highlight the sound
with a marker, or another way of your choice, to remind you to be extra careful
with this sound ;-)
5) Hold all the cards with the front facing you. Look at the first card on the top.
Do you know this sound? If yes, put the card down beside you. If no, you can
check the sound on this soundboard:
https://www.pronunciation.club/phonetic-soundboard
Then put this card at the bottom of all the cards to redo later.
6) Continue until you know all the sounds.
7) Revise all the cards each day, then once a week, then once a month to help you
to remember all the sounds.
Teachers
Print the cards then use them for teaching and class flashcard games.
/æ/
(voiced vowel)
/æ/ ant
avión
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Common English Pronunciation
These are the most common sounds for English pronunciation. All the sounds are voiced (you use your
vocal chords to say the sound) except for nine unvoiced/voiceless sounds (only air comes out) in the
the purple or light shaded boxes below. All unvoiced sounds have a matching voiced sound except for /h/.
CONSONANTS Br Am Irish VOWELS Br Am Irish

Unvoiced* Voiced Eng Eng Eng Voiced Eng Eng Eng
 pin pɪn*    : eel :l   
 bin bɪn      in ɪn   
 tip ɪp*     twenty    
 dip ɪp     or  end d or d   
 chin ɪn *     ant nt   
 gin ɪn    : arm :()m#   
 cap p*    ɒ on ɒn 
 gap p    : or : on :n :n () ()
 fan n*    : organic :()gnɪk #   
 van n     football :   
 teeth ti:*    : oops! :ps   
 teethe ti:     up p   
 sip p*    : earn :()#   
 zip p     letter /ˈletə()#   

 mission /ˈmɪʃ n/ * ə
     little   (This symbol is in a

 vision /ˈvɪʒ n/ ə

   syllable with no vowel sound.)
  
 hen en*   
DIPHTHONGS Br Am Irish
(There is no voiced version of /h/.) (two vowels pronounced as one vowel)
Eng Eng Eng
Voiced
 map p     ear ()#   
 nap p     aid d   
 ink      tour ()#  () ()
 lips ps     oil l   
 red      tie t   
 wet e     air ()#   
 yes      oats ts/ 
 letter letr    oats ts/  
ɹ red ɹed (The correct symbol  ouch!    
for the letter 'r' but most books use /r/.)    ɜʉ ouch! ɜʉ ()
Mid Ulster
 = a nasal sound     = primary or strong stress   
: = a long sound     = secondary or weak stress   
] = these sounds are formed exactly the same except one is voiced and the other is unvoiced.
* = unvoiced means there is no sound or vibration from the throat. Only air comes out of the mouth. (All other sounds are voiced.)
# = the letter 'r', (r),  , ɹ ,is only pronounced before a vowel sound in Br Eng but always pronounced in Am Eng and Ir Eng. Also shown as /ɹ/.
() = some speakers, but not all speakers
The English Alphabet The English Vowels

The alphabet letters are for spelling and reading. The alphabet letters are for spelling and reading.
The phonetic symbols are for pronunciation. The phonetic symbols are for pronunciation.
Aa /eɪ/ Gg /dʒi:/ Mm /em/ Ss /es/ Yy /waɪ/ Aa /eɪ/
Bb /bi:/ Hh /(h)eɪtʃ/ Nn /en/ Tt /ti:/ Zz /zed/ /zi:/ Aa /eɪ/ Ee /i:/ Ii /aɪ/ Oo/eʊ//oʊ/ Uu /ju:/
+
Cc /si:/ Ii /aɪ/ Oo/eʊ//oʊ/ Uu /ju:/
Dd /di:/ Jj /dʒeɪ/ Pp /pi:/ Vv /vi:/
Ee /i:/ Kk /keɪ/ Qq /kju:/ Ww /ˈdʌblju:/ Online Interactive Pronunciation Soundboard :
F f /ef/ L l /el/ Rr /ɑ:(r)/ Xx /eks/ www.pronunciation.club ©Pronunciation Club 2018
+ Uu = consonant /j/ plus vowel /u:/ www.pron.club
/i:/ /ɪ/
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/ ʊ/ /u:/
/e/ /ə/
/ɜ:/ /ɔ:/
/æ/ / ʌ/
/ɑ:/ /ɒ/
/ɪə/ /eɪ/
/ʊə/ /ɔɪ/
/əʊ/ /eə/
/aɪ/ /aʊ/
/oʊ/ /b/
/ d/ /dʒ/
/g/ /p/
/t/ /tʃ/
/k/ /h/
/m/ /n/
/ ŋ/ / v/
/f / / ð/
/ θ/ /z/
/s/ /ʒ/
/ʃ/ /l/
/ r/ /w/
/j/
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 How to use these flashcards

 List of all phonetic symbols and sample words

 Phonetic symbols ready to photocopy onto card

 Blank Template to add your own flashcards

6) Continue until you know all the sounds.

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CONSONANTS Br Am Irish VOWELS Br Am Irish

 vision /ˈvɪʒ n/ ə

The English Alphabet The English Vowels

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